New Big Brother will ‘launch in May at massive new house on airfield’

New details regarding ITV’s Big Brother reboot have emerged today, including its airing date and filming location.

Last week, ITV confirmed it will be bringing the famed reality series back to screens once more, with the series going ‘back to basics’ on ITV2 next year.

Much like the former seasons, ‘housemates’ from across the country and all walks of life will be homed in a brand new Big Brother house, with the eyes of the nation watching their every move across a six week period.

According to the show release, ‘the action will all play out under the roof of the iconic Big Brother house, which will be given its own contemporary new look ready for this reimagining of the show.’

While further details surrounding the new show have remained tightly under wraps, TV insiders have today told Politicalite that a new Big Brother House ‘fit for the Love Island generation’ is being built at Bovingdon Airfield in Hertfordshire.

The site, owned by ITV, has been a popular filming location for years, with it being used for Dancing on Ice since 2018 after Elstee Studios became unavailable.

The BBC also used the location to film series one and two of Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel and in 2019, it was used for a television adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

It has also been suggested that live evictions will be making a come back, as will the weekly public voting.

An inside source told the outlet: “The new series will have massive live eviction shows like the reality juggernauts early days plus spin offs… The show will bring back weekly public voting meaning you decide once more.”

The infamous twenty-four-hour live feed will also be making a return thanks to the new ITVX Netflix-style streaming platform.

There has been no word on who will present the revived show.

Big Brother originally aired in 2000 on Channel 4, where it enjoyed ten successful years until its axe in 2010. Channel 5 temporarily revived the show the following year, but that too faced the chop seven years later in 2018.

Reports back in April suggested the revived Big Brother would replicate the success of ITV2’s smash hit dating series Love Island, with the aim to open up to a legion of younger fans.